CVE-2026-31870CWE-248

cpp-httplib Affected by Remote Process Crash via Malformed Content-Length Response Header

High · published March 11, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
46.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to 0.37.1, when a cpp-httplib client uses the streaming API (httplib::stream::Get, httplib::stream::Post, etc.), the library calls std::stoull() directly on the Content-Length header value received from the server with no input validation and no exception handling. std::stoull throws std::invalid_argument for non-numeric strings and std::out_of_range for values exceeding ULLONG_MAX. Since nothing catches these exceptions, the C++ runtime calls std::terminate(), which kills the process with SIGABRT. Any server the client connects to — including servers reached via HTTP redirects, third-party APIs, or man-in-the-middle positions can crash the client application with a single HTTP response. No authentication is required. No interaction from the end user is required. The crash is deterministic and immediate. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.37.1.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00570 · 46.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-248 · Uncaught Exception
Published
2026-03-11T17:57Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 MAR 17:57Z
    cpp-httplib Affected by Remote Process Crash via Malformed Content-Length Response Header
    cvelistv5